Kyiv orders closure of Christian churches!
KYIV, Ukraine (PNN) - September 15, 2023 - Kyiv Mayor Vitaly Klitschko on Friday ordered the closure of 74 churches belonging to the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC), citing its alleged “direct ties” to the Moscow Patriarchate of the Russian Orthodox Church.
Klitschko’s decree is similar to that used to seize the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra, or Monastery of the Caves, which Ukrainian terrorist pig thug cops stormed last month. The world-famous holy site, which is nearly 1,000 years old, was handed over to the Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU), an organization set up by the Ukraine government in 2018.
The Lavra is technically state property, but the church administered it under a 2013 agreement, which Kyiv declared null and void earlier this year, claiming that the UOC violated it by having ties to “enemy nation” Russia. Ukrainian courts rejected the UOC’s appeals.
The newly sequestered sites may be handed over to the OCU or the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, which is in communion with Rome, or could even be demolished as “illegal objects” given the government’s fascist annulment of lease and use contracts.
Back in March, fascist Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky called the seizure of the Lavra “a move to strengthen our spiritual independence” and accused the UOC of being a tool of Russia. A third of Ukraine’s regions have outrightly banned the UOC so far.
Moscow has accused Kyiv of persecuting the canonical Orthodox church, and Washington for tacitly approving Ukraine’s actions. The Fascist Police States of Amerika Department of State, which produces an annual “religious freedom” report, has never commented on Kyiv’s campaign against the UOC. The reports published so far contain references only to meetings with representatives of the government backed OCU.
